Addressing-machine.



W. G. SLAU'SONL4 W. W. MACFARREN.

-ADDRESSINGMACHINB APNIC/11101111110 001.251.1911.

Patented Sept. 5, 1916.

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Pamt'entedsept. 5, 1916.

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ADDRESSING MACHINE.

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Patented Sept. 5, 1916.

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INVENTORS @Mew i W. G. SLAUSON & W. W. MACFARREN.

' ADDREsslNG-MACHINE.

APPLICATION EILED OCT. 25, 19H.

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W. G. SLAUSON & W. W. MACFARREN. I

ADDRESSINvG-MACHINE.

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WITNESS S UN E S AT WILLIAM G. SLAUSON, OFPAINESVILLE,IOHIO, AND WALTER W. MACFARREN, F PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA; SAID MACFARREN ASSIGNORvTO' SAID SLAUSON.

y ADDRESSING-MACHIN E.

Specication'of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 25, 1911. Serial No. 656,621.

To all whom t may concern: f

Be it .known that we, WILLIAM G. SLAU-y soN, of Painesville, Lake county,.Ohio, and WAL'rEa W. MACFARREN, of Pittsburgh, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Addressing-Machines, .of which the following is a specification.

Qur invention relates to that class of inachines in which the supply of newspapers, periodicals, envelops, post-cards, or other matter to be addressed is fed past the printing point and is there operated upon by a metal printing plate containing addresses in type; the said printing plates being fed 'successively from a reservoir one for each article'to be addressed.

`The prime object' of our invention is to produce a machine of this characterwhich is cheap in construction and reliable and eX-y tremely rapid in operation. `To these ends we have dispensed with mechanical devices for gripping and holding the address plate as it is moved from the reservoir to the printing point and back again, and have substituted therefor, magnet devices which are cheaply built, reliable in operation and permit of obtaining speeds nothitherto possible by any other means'. v n l y Briefly stated, our invention consists in a cylinder provided with a magnet, or more usually a series of magnets, spaced evenly around its circumference in Va,..single plane, the same being preferably electro-magnets connected with a supply of electric current, as distinguished from permanent orso called fixed magnets; in combination with means for feeding address plates to and from the magnet cylinderand withmeans for feeding articlespast the magnet cylinderso that they will successively come in contact with oneof the address plates to re-y ceive the address.

While our invention fis primarily. intend-v ed toapply to separate addressing ma-L chine-which` is suppliedwith the complete articles ready for addressing, yet it is capable of much more extended use; as for instance in1newspaper`work a magnet and the necessary feeding devices for the print.` ingl plates can be applied directly to the press so that each paper is addressed simultaneously with the printing operation.

Our invention can also be used for printing lsuccessively addresses upon a continuous web of paper which is afterward cut into. sections for periodical wrappers.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a complete addressing machine aecordingto our invention. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional elevation of theprincipal working parts. I Fig. 4 is an enlarged transverse sectional elevation through themag` net cylinders. Fig. `5 is a longitudinal section through the main magnet cylinder and the cam therefor. Fig. 6 is an elevation of the feeder plate showing vthe sectionof the bridge guides. Fig. 7 is a. sectionalfelevation through the magnet cylinder showing ,the Contact pin for the solenoid and afdia.` gram of the electrical connections therefor. Fig. 8 is a diagram of the electrical circuit for the main magnets. Fig. 9 is a section vthrough the storage galley for the address plates. Fig. 10 is a side elevation vof the same. Fig. 11 is an end view of the address plate. 1 Fig. 12 is a" transverse section of the same. Fig. 13.is a plan viewvof lthe same. Fig. 14jis a diagram showing the magnet Land impression cylinders combined and magazines .lapped longitudinally. 'Fig'. 15

:is a similar diagram showing a radialv adjustment of the magnets to accommodateL sectionalelevation of the parts immediatelyv below the supplementary magnet cylinder.

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Fig.`21 is a cross section through the delivery guides for the address plates showing the 'star wheels and Fig'. 22 is a side elevation of the same.

The machine'consists of .a pair of side frames 1 mounted on legs 2. An inclined chute 3 comprising side guards 4 and the moving bottom formed by tapes 5 is secured to the side frames 1. The tapes 5 pass over pulleys 6 and 7 mounted on the shafts 8 and 9 which are preferably mounted in antifriction bearings, the inclination of the chute 3 being sufficient for the magazines to feed downward by gravity as fast as the lower magazines are removed. The lower magazine 10 rests against the impression cylinder 11 and the feder plate 12.

The impression cylinder 11 is carried by a shaft 13 mounted on the side frames 1. It will be understood that `all shafts are supported in bearings in the side frames 1, unless otherwise specified. A shaft 15 parallel to shaft 13 is mounted in rigid bearlngs 16 fixed to the side frames 1. Upon the shaft 15 there are mounted one or more main magnet cylinders 17 (in this case 2 'are shown), and below the main magnet cylinders 17 there are mounted, a pair of supplementary magnet cylinders 18 upon a vshaft 19. A shaft 2() is mounted below the impression cylinder 11 in suitable bearings, 21.

A pulley 22 mounted 'on the shaft 20 receives power through a belt 23 from a motor 24 which drives the machine. The shaft 20 is provided with two equal pinions 25 and 26 one at each side of the machine. The

Vpinion 26 meshes with a gear 27 at the end of the impression cylinder 11 and drives the same. The pinion 25 meshes with a gear 28 upon a, shaft 29. The `gear 28 in turn meshes with an equal gear 30 upon a shaft 31. The gear 30 meshes in turn with an equal gear 32 upon the shaft" 19. The gear 32 meshes with and drives a gear 33 upon the shaft 15.

The back of the feeder plate 12 rests against several rollers 34 mounted on a shaft 35. The feeder plate 12 is secured to a pair of arms 36 which are guided by the rollers 37 and 38 upon shafts 39 and 40. A rock shaft 41 carries a pair of levers 42 which are each connected to one of the arms 36 by a link 43. A lever 44 is connected to a swinging link 45 which in turn receives motion from a. guided link 46, the saine being guided by the small rollers 47 mounted on one of the side frames 1.

At the upper end of the link 46 there is mounted a cam roller 48 which engages a cam 49 upon the shaft 20. A small angle 50 is notched into the arms 36 and extends across the bottoni of the feeder plate 12 in order to form a ledge to lift the first magazine 10 as shown in Fig. 19.', Liners 51 are provided to vary the width of the ledge. The tapes 5 are freely movable, and at a sufficient inclination to the horizontal to keep the magazines packed firmly against the feeder plate 12 by gravity. Just before reaching the pulley 7 the magazines pass onto the guides 52 and after passing pulley 7 madera their lower edges are resting upon the guides 52. A stationary shaft 53 mounted over the impression cylinder' 11 carries two pairs of swinging arms 54 and 55 each of which in turn support shafts 56 and 57 upon which are mounted two or more gripping rollers 58 and 59. Springs 60 press the gripping rollers against the impression roller 11 by which they are driven. Stationary guides 61 extend between the gripping rollers 58 and 59 these being secured to shaft 53. A number of adjustable guides 62 and 63 are mounted on cross bars 64 and 65 secured to the frames 1. The guides 62 and 63 can be adjusted across the machine for reasons which will hereinafter appeanjAnumber .of stationary delivery guides 66 and 67 are mounted on cross bars 68 and 69, the latter being secured to brackets 70 and 71 mounted on the side frames 1.

The ratio between the pinion 25 and the gear 27 may be any convenient whole number; in the resent design it is 3 to 1, the shaft 13 ma ing about 25 revolutions per minute and the shaft 20 makin `75 revolutions per minute. Since the grlpping rollers 58 are continuously driven by the impression roller 11, it follows that a slight upward movement of the rst magazine 10 produced by the feeder plate 12 of which the ledge 50 is in effect a part, will raise the top edge of the magazine in position to be gripped and carried around the impression cylinder 11, being discharged between the guides 66 and 67. Since the cam 49 makes three revolutions to one of the impression cylinder 11, three magazines will be fed to the impression cylinder at each revolution thereof, and as shown in Fig. 3 the circumference of the impression cylinder is three times the width or height of the magazine plus about 3, thus spacing the magazines on the impression cylinder about l apart. It will be noted that the magazines are constrained to follow the curve of the impres sion cylinder by the guides 61 and 63 and that at the printing point in the horizontal plane passing through shafts 13 and 15 they are firmly held against the `cylinder 11 by rubber rings 174 on the magnet cylinder 17 (see Figs. 3 and 5). The impression cylinder 11 is rovided with a rubber cover 175 and the gripping rollers 58 and 59 with similar rubber covers 176.

1t will be obvious that if a series of inked xddress plates are passed around the magnet cylinder 17 in timed relation to the magazines that each of the said plates will come in contact with one of the magazines passing overthe impression cylinder and print the address thereon. The specific design of machine herein described is adapted to print the addresses directly on the covers of the magazines, thus saving the expense of wrapping them. It will be obvious however, that FJA - vices, (see Figs. 3-4 and 5): Each of the magnet cylinders is provided With 3 pairs ofv holding magnets 74 equally spaced around messie if the magagines had been Wrapped previous yto'piling in chute 3 that the action of the machine would be identically the same and equally effective.

The ,address plates 73 which will be described in detail hereinafter, are held in an inclined chute 72 the lower end of which nearly touches the circumference' of the magnet cylinder 17. The plates 73 feedy by gravity and are successively picked olf 'the lower end of the pile by the followingdelts circumference, At each pair of magnets 74 the surface of the cylindery 17 is flattened as shown at 7 Each magnet 74 is provided with a pole 76 which preferably projects a very'slight amount, say one or two thous andths of an inch beyond the surface 75 in order to allow the address plates 73 to make contact with the magnet poles. Cur

rent for -the energizing of the magnets is furnished by a small `generator 77 havmg a pulley 78 which is frictionally driven by the rim of the pulley22, the generator 77 being mounted on a hinged plate supported by a bracket 79 and held against the pulley 22 by the spring 80. Referring to Figs. `5' and 8,

`the commutator ring 81 is provided with 3 y segments- 82 having interposed insulating pieces 83. "Three brushes 84 bear on the segments 82 to supply them with current. The

brushes 84 are so spaced as to cut ol" the supply of current for each magnet just before it reaches a lineI passing through the centers of the magnet cylinders 17 and 18 and to renew the current supply just before the magnet reaches the lower end of'the chutey 72. Current passes from the plus brush of the generator 77 through the wires 85-86' and 87 to the brushes 84, thence to 'the commutator segments 821 and through the magnets 74 to a ground connection-on the interior Iof the cylinder 17. The, nega-y rlhe starting ,fingers 88 are pivoted by pins `89 to lugs 90 formed on the interior of the cylinder 17. rflilachlstarting kfinger 88 is `proy,vided with a pair of lugs 91 kwhich directly engage` the plates., In order that the plates may be stripped from the magnet cylinder 17, it is necessary that thelugs 91 be made to disappear within the cylinder at the strippingfpoint. i'lfhis action is obtained by means of a stationary cam 92 supported by n a bracket 93 which is adjustablymounted n on a cross bar 94 secured to the side fra-mes y 1. Each starting finger 88 is provided with a pin 95 which connects it .to a rod 96. The

rods 96l are guided Ain small 'guides 97 70 cured kto the magnet cylinder 17 and their inner ends are forked to carry therollers 9 8 which roll onv the surface of the cam 92.' The rods 96 actua'te the lugs 91outwardly through suitable slots inthefcylinder 17 and 75 .springs 99 vproduce the opposite motion, the springs 99 having sufficient strength to overcome any centrifugal tendency developed by fingers 88 and rods 96.

, 4Inthe practlcal operation of suchama- 80 chine addressing a periodical having a large' c1rculat1on,

the number of address plates p used runs into the hundreds of thousands.

`In order to conveniently store and handle these l plates,

commercially successful must `provide for taklngl plates consecutively from such galleysand returning them thereto after ythe' printing operation in the exact order in which they were received.. It will be ob vious that in the arrangement shown by us, in which the printing operation is performed between the impression cylinder 11 and magnet cylinder 17, the backs ofthe address platesy must be fedto the magnet 'cylinder in orderto bring the printing face of the address plates against the matter to be addressed.- lt will be noted further, that when this is done if the plates were stripped from k100 the magnet'cylinder .1.7 and successively fed into galleys that While the order ofthevplates would bethe same as when they were fed to the magnet -cylind`er,yet their position would be reversed with reference to each other; that is each plate is turned over by the magnet cylinder 17 being received back first and delivered face first. In order .therefore to deliver-,the plates into the receiving galley back first, it is necessary to turn them over again, and for this purpose we have provided a supplementarymagnet cylinderrv 18 which carries a pair of oppositely dis-V posed magnets 100, practically duplicates of .they magnets 7l'.` The ratio between the cylinders 17 and 18 is as43 to 2 so that as each magnet 7l passes the tangent or transfer point vone of the magnets 100, passes at the same time as shown in F ig. 4.

Thecontour of the cani 92 is such that the 120 springs99 re-tract the lugs 91on the. starting fingers 88 some time prior to the arrival of ythat magnetat the transfer point. The magnetcylinder 18 is provided with a commutator similar to that for.A cylinder 17,4125

supplied by a single brush and having a.'r dead section by which the currentis cut od the mz'lgnets 100 at the delivery point. The

magnets 74- are successively denergized justbefore reaching the transfer point, and at the 13@ they are conta-ined in galleys 85 of convenlent length and the machine to be of the gearing transfer point the address plate ,is therefore attracted by one ot' the magnets 1110 and gently transferred to its pole without shock or jar by reason of the fact that both sets of magnets are running at practically the same speed, and tllat the iiloveinent from one magnet pole to the other is a inimite part ot an ilicli. th the magnet cylinders 1T and 1S are split aiul provided respectively with clamp bolts 11.11 and 11,12 sothat these cylinders may be readily adjusted lengthwise ot' thcii `shafts or easily reilloved therefrom. When the address plates reach the delivery point they are released by the magnet 11111 and their removal is assisted h v a pair of stripper guides 1021 (sec Fig. 1). The strip per guides 1111.1 are provided with wedge shaped ends .1111 which ride in the grooves 11111 on the liiagnet cylillder 1T tsee Fig. 5y). The guides 11121 are carried aroillid parallel to the supplementary magnet cylilider 1S and terminate in a horizontal portion 1115 (see Fig. 211), oli' which the address plates T3 slide horizontally agaillst a vertical surface 1110 on a bracket 1111. the same heilig adjnstahly llloulited on a cross` har 1112. A guard rib 1113 is formed on the bracket 1111 aiul the upper ends of guides 111 are secured to the bracket 1511. 'l`1ie tops ot' the guides 111 are beveled as shown at 1511 and are so located that when the moving plate 1'21 is stopped by the surface 11111 the notches 121 are just over the beveled ends .1.111 of the guides li-11. llllc address plate llow falls down the guides 1-1-1 alld arrives at the receiving galley 1-113 in proper position alld sequence.

1t will\be observed tllat in `sonic cases the magnet cylillder lo' could be dispensed with and an interior guide substituted therefor betweeli which aild the guides 111:1 the address plate would travel by its own momen tuin to the guides 1-1-1.

The stripper guides 11121 are positive ill action alid will remove the address plates from the magnet cyliilder even though the current be kept colitinuollsly on thc` iuagliets.

Each mailing list is divided ilito groups which go to certaili post oilices, or ill certain nulil bags. It is therefore necessary to provide a simple indicator to inform the operator of the end of each ot such groups. 'e accomplish this by stamping a distin guishing iilark upon the paper at the elld ot' the group in lille with the address alid close to one end thereof. This iilark is preferably abolit one half inch in diameter aiul iliade with red ink so as to readily catch the operator`s eye. The red ink mark is printed by a button 11111 mounted on the end of a brass rod 1111 which extends through the core 111 of a solenoid magnet 112 the saine heilig secured to a bar 11:1 which `forms the base or connecting piece for eacll pair ot' magnets T1. r1`he armature 1.1;1 of the solenieem l noid 112 extends through the bar 113 and is normally held inward by a spring 115 so that the face of the button 1119 is within the circumference ot' the cylinder 17. When the magnet 112 is energized, the armature 111 is attracted by the core 111, thus moving the button 1011 radially outward in position to strike the matter being addressed. Current is automatically sent through the solenoid 112 by means which will be better understood after the construction of the address plates have heen described in detail.

Referringto Figs. 11-12 and 13, the preferred t'orm of address plate consists of a soft iron har 1111 which has a fiat hack 11T beveled edges 11h. and a curvedface 1111. The address is formed in embossed type 1211 on a thin sheet lnetal plate 121 the edges ot which are bent over the beveled edges 11o as shown at 122. Projecting lugs 1211 are bent over the ends of the bar 1111 to retain the plate 121 endwise. The ends of the address plate are provided with notches 121 to engage with the guides which will be hereinafter described. The address plates are of two species, the normal species being provided with a hole 125 aild the abnormal species heilig alike in all other respects; but omitting the hole 125. 'lhe purpose of the hole 125 is to provide clearance for a con tact pin 1211 illustrated in Figs. 5 and T alid showli in section in Fig. 12. The contact pill 121 is mounted in an insulating bushing 12T and actuated by a small spring' 12h so that it normally occupies the position shown in Figs. T and 12. The purpose ot the hole 125 is to clear the end of the pin 1213 sothat a i1 electrical Contact is not made between the end ofthe pin and the bar 1111. The cylinder 17 is iliade ot' brass or non-magnetic material and is connected through its bearings and the frame 01:' the machine with the negative brush of the enerator TT. The magnet 112I is ill circuit with the pin 1215 and the positive brush of the generator TT through the coinllintator 125 alid the brush 12111. 1t' therefore an abnormal plate T51 unprovided with a hole 125 he engaged by the magnet 71. the elul of the pin 1211 will establish a circuit through the har 1111 to the cylinder 1T thus completing the circuit through the magnet 112 aiid moving the button 11111 out to its printing position.

The bearing brackets 11' for shaft 15 al'e provided with upward extensions carrying bearings 132 in which is lnoiliited a shaft 1:13 provided with a pulley 1211. A belt 1215 connects the pulley 1111 with a pulley 11111 upon the shaft 121. The shaft 1:13 carries two sets of ink rollers 13T alld 1218, the rollers 13T being supplied with red illk for the buttoli 11111 aild the rollers 111s being supplied with biack illk for the address plates T21. The rollers 121i' and 13S are adjustable lengthwise of the shaft 12121. A shaft 1311 below the `magnet cylinders 17 is'provided with a lpair of cleaning brushes,14.0 and a.

pulley 141 which lis driven by a belt142 from aA pulley 143 upon the shaft 31. The address plates 73 and thel buttons 109 are automatically inked and cleaned as above described.

Reverting to Figs. 11-12 and 13, instead of the address plate being composed of a .not suited for usein this machine, as it does not have sufficient vthickness to be engaged. with certainty by the starting fingers. as in some cases two plates may be fedinstead of one;' neither has a thin fiat plate suiiicient structural strength to resist accidental distortion. Therefore such a plate must be l thickened and strengthened by beadsor ribs,

which in addition to their initial cost, interfere with the smooth slidingof,v the plates across each other so that the preferable form for a sheet steel plate would be a thin yhollow bor section. While such a section would present a smooth, fiatsurface tothe magnet f poles and could have the same curvedl face shown in Figs. lland '12, it would beunnecessarily expensive and not so rigid as the 'two part plate. Further, owing to` change of address of subscribers to periodicals, the address plates are frequently changedy and a steel plate made as above described would be entirely lost. ln the two part plate the ironpart is a cheap, simple section which can be easily produced by hot rolling and which can be polished and produced in very `accurate sizes by coldvrolling. The plate's canbe cheaply sheared to the required length from long- )ars and the notches 124 and the' hole 1259y ormed at the.

. same operation. 'lhe soft metal plateV lends itself to embossing and the outline" thereof is easily produced by punching, andfurther, the metal being thin and ductile, it may be easily applied tothel bar 116 by .hand or with a. special tool. The iron barsllG vwill 4 same in either case. Owing to the yfact that last for a life of the machine` and aretherefore a permanent asset.

AS5 post office list changes from 'one name, to

However, a steell plate While ap- .When changesv in the address are to be made, the soft metal another' requiring the substitution of afhole less barfor aA holed bar 116 t-he change may be readily effected. In addition to the above the platejshown in Figs. 1l and 12 Willwithstand any desired printing pressure.

Inreading theclaims it is `to be understood that the words, magnetic address plates cover the construction of a plate of a plate composed of a non-niagnetic print-.fI

'lo f composed of entirely a magnetic metal, or

ingfaceand a magnetic backing or casing. w

It is obvious that instead kof the stencil plate 121 being bent around the bar 116, these conditions could be reversed and the non-magn'etic plate partially inc losed in a magnetic casing. f

yIn addition to the above requirements relating to the magnetic properties of a plate, the form of the plate is of prime importance to the successful operation'Y of the machine.l It is evident ,that upon 'dense hard paper suchasis usually used for illustrated magazine covers, that a curved printing surface is essential in the design of machine shown, to produce -aclearimpression It is also desirable that the surface of the` plate' engaged by the magnet poles should be fiat for the followin reasonL-When thesaid surface is flat as s own, corresponding fiat places 75 :are vformed onl the magnet cylinder 17. AsX the plate is engaged by the magnet, and

stripped from the pile, a peculiar action takes .place due to the flat places on the surface ofthe magnet cylinder, which are approximately one sixteenth of an inch under the circumference of the cylinder.` Asthe cylindrical surface of the .cylinder betweeny themagnets revolves in contact with the back ofthe lower address plate in the chute 72 with but slight frictionlwhich can be adjusted by the inclination of' the feeding chute 72, the pile of plates is arrested in the chute bythe said cylindrical surface. .iVhen one of the vflat surfaces 75 come opposite Y 4the end of the pile of plates, the lower plate is'under the action of two forces: first that of gravity, tending to pull it gdown the chute, and second the attraction of the magnet 74 which is several times thev force-,of gravity, tending to pull it in the same direction. jIt therefore follows that the first action of the end plate is to jump away from the pile and seat itself upon the magnet poles 76 which are practically in the same' plane as thefiat surface 75. Theplate may or may not reach full contact with the magnet poles before it is' engaged by the lugs 91X on thejstarting fingers, but the result is the is' inevitable that the first plate will` jump o@ the'pile and be carried clear'ofi' the end of `the ,pile by the rotation of the cylinder 17, before the back of the second plate can reach `and rub against the type face of the first one. The fiattened surfaces 75 on the magnet cylinder therefore act to provide clearance between the engaged plate and the succeeding one, so that the destructive rub hing action between the type face of one plate and theyback of the other is entirely eliminated, which contributes greatly to the life of the plates.

In the type of machine shown in Figs. 1--2-3-4-5-6 and 7. it is desirable that the address may be placed on the magazine at any point in its length; this is especially desirable where the address is to be printed directly on the magazine cover which is usuallysome sort of a design containing more or less favorable spots for the location of the address. In order to vary the position of the address lengthwise of the magazine. it

is necessary to vary the relative positions of 4the magazine and the address plate whlch may be done either by a side shift of the magazine chute y3 with relation to the ma chine. or by maintaining.r a constant position of the chute 3 and shifting the path of the address plates with relation to the inipres sion cylinder. b v adjusting the magnet cylinders 17 and 1R. the ink rollers 137 and 13S. and the cleaning brushes 146 lengthwise of their shafts. and the position of the supply and receiving galleys ontheir supports. While the adjustment of these elements consumes more time than the adjustment of the magazine chute, yet. it keeps down the length of the impression roller to the length or combined lengths of the magazines being fed over it, plus clearance whereas if the chute be shifted. the length of the impression roller must be made equal to the magazine length, plus clearance. plus the adjustment of the chute.`tlius widening the machine considerably. y v

As the address plates are stripped off the magnet cylinder by the stripper guides 103 the notches 124 in the plates 73 engage the guides 144 down which they slide piling up against the gate 145. A receiving galley 146 supported by the bracket 147 is in readiness to receive the plates 73 when the gate 145 is removed. The guides 144 are of sufficient length to provide storage for two or three galleys full of plates and thesame is true of the feed chute 7;). The address plates 7 3 are placed in the feed chute 7 2 manually, the operatori guiding the first plates against the rear end of the pile and the plates are kept on edge by their piled relation and the Contact of the first plate with the magnet cylinder 17. 1lllhen the plates however. are delivered automatically from the stripper 103 means must be provided for keeping them on edge until they are safely in the receiving galley which is accomplished by the guides 14a. its thc notches 121 at the ends :alessia of any plate may be of unequal smoothness or as one of the guides 14+ ma).r be lubri cated differently from the other, it is necessary to provide means for keeping the plates approximately at right angles to the guides 144 during their downward movement in order that they may not drop off the guides. For this purpose we provide two or more small shafts 148 preferably mounted in antifriction bearings and each provided with a pair of star wheels 149 having alined teeth. The hub of one of the star wheels is provided with a small notch 156 in line with each tooth of the wheel which is engaged by the end of a light spring 151 with just sufficient force to position a tooth in readiness for the next arriving address plate. The star wheels are preferably located directly below guides 144 so that each end of each down coming` address plate strikes a tooth of one of the star wheels. lf one end of the address plate is ahead of the other. that end will be retarded and the address plate squared up with the guides 144 as will be readily understimd. 9C

The addressed magazines are preferably delivered on the right hand of the machine as shown in Fig. 1. as this delivery brings the address on top rin view of the operator. From the guides 67 the magazine drops on a belt conveyer 15:2 coinposedof the tapes 153 which operate over pulleys 151 and 155 which are respectively mounted on shafts 156 and 157. The shaft 156 is mounted in bearing brackets 158 secured to the legs 2 and the shaft 157 is mounted in a pair of standards 15S) which may be any desired distance from the machine and the shaft 157 may be at a higher or lower level than the Shaft 156. The conveyer 152 is driven by a 105 pulley 160 on shaft '29 by means of a belt 161 running over a pulley 169. on shaft 156. The tapes 153 are preferably driven at a speed which will deliver the magazines in lapped order, the leading edge of each 110 magazine being a distance in the rear of its predecessor sufficient to expose the red ink mark.

From the above description the operation `of the machine will be readily understood. 11b

The magazines are piled on edge in the chute 3; the feeding chute 79. is lfilled with address lates and the machine started. After being started the machine is entirely automatic, no further attention being required than to supply and remove the magazines and the vaddress plates. The machine shown in Fig. 2 is a double machine, two sets of magazines being `fed simultaneously` although Fig. 1 would apply equally well to a single 125 i machine.

It is obvious that the machine could be widened to feed any desired number of magazines and increased capacity is more cheaply obtained in a multiple machine as 139 well as economy of space. In a multiple machine however, it is necessary to provide means for independently stopping-the feed of both magazines and address plates, as interruptions mayoccur to the supply of any unit of the machine without affecting the others. To this end we have provided a manually operated lever which Vcontrols simultaneuosly, the feed of the'magazines by each feeder plate 12, the downward travel of the address plates in each feeding, chute 72, and the supply of current to each magnet cylinder 17 as illustrated in Figs.y 1*-2-3,

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The guides 52 are connected bypins 196 .to the levers 197 secured to the rock shaft 73 to'preventtheir further 198 which is operated through a lever '1.99l by the link 200. The guides 52 are provided` with fingers 201 which work through slots 202 in the feeder. plate 12. The front ends of the guides 52 are supported and guided in grooves on a cross barl 203. The ends of the firigers 201 normally lie-back of the feeder plate 12,' 'but when the llink 200 is forced -to the right, the fingers 201 are moved against the first magazine 10 and force it to the left outof engagement with the ledge 50 thus stopping the feed of the magazines. The electrical contacts204 and 205 which are included in the 'circuit to the magnets 74 are also separated by this movement,the"contact 204 being mounted on one ofthe fingers 201 and the contact 205 being supported by the frame of the machine; both contacts of course being suitably in sulated.

' To stop the feed of the incoming address plates we have. provided'a clamp 206 mount-` ed on a light shaft 207 supported -in bearings 208 on a crossfbar 209 the same being supported by vertical pieces 210 secured to the y guide ,bar 94.. Theclamp 206 is adjustable along the shaft 207 by means of a set screw 207A to suit the position'l of the chute-72. A lever 211issecured to the shaft 207 and op..- erated by a link 212 which receives motion from a bell crank 213 pivoted to a bracketl 220 secured to ,one ,of the side plates 4. The hand `lever' 214v fulcrumed on the pin. 215 lis provided -with an angular extension 216 whichis `connected by a link 217 to the bell crank 213. A counter balance weight 218 retains the partsin.

ynotches 124 inthe address plates.

vand 170 are ders 179 and 'llhe current' supply to l the with the others. 1t is further obvious that any unit of the machine can be used indel pendently of the other units by merely restrictingv the supply `of magazines and address plates to that unit. i In Figs. 9 and 10 We have illustrated a preferred form of storage galley for they jecting longitudinal ribs 164 to engage the The galley is provided with a pair of hinged ends 165 pivoted yto rivets 166. Either end of the galley may be opened to receivev or discharge plates, and in practice the plates enter at one end and are the other.

In Fig. 14 we have illustrated diagrammatically, a pair of cylinders 167 and v,1,68 whichare combined` impression and magnet cylinders. In this case the magazines 169 passed between the cylinders simultaneously and offset endwiseto leave space for'the address. Magnet polesare discharged from 'address plates. The galley `146 is provided. with a bodyy portion 163 formed of sheet metal and-havingv a -pair of inwardly prorepresented at 17,1 and address platesat 172. Iii-Fig. 15 the magazines 169a and 170 are shown of increased thickness and a corresponding adjustment is shown in 'the magnet `poles 171, they being moved radially outward with respect to the cylinders 167 and 168 which adjustment is yaffected by Q the usefof liners 173 under the 'magnets (see Figs. 4 and 5).

It willbe obvious that by changing the ratio of the gears`26 and 27 to speed up theshaft- 20 that `more magazines will bey fed than/can lie flat on the impression cylinder-11 and that they will'therefore pass over the same in lapped order;` This is illus-y trated in Fig. 16 in which the magazines 177 'are fed between the gripping rollers 178 and the .impression cylinder 179 and 'between'the impression cylinder 179 and the magnet cylinder 180 which is provided with the magnets 181. In. this case rsix magazines are fed per revolution of the cylin- 180 and the magnet cylinder 180 is provided with six magnets. It is thus easily possible to double the capacity of the machine shown in Figs. 1*2 3 when. working onV thin magazines. y

vA further modification of our improved machine is shown in Figs. 17- and 18- in which the magazines are fed from both sides ofthe machine and delivered to the opposite side. Inl this caseA the cylinders 182 and 183 act` ascombined magnet A`and impression cyl1nders, the magnets being 'placed' inthe rectangles 184." The magazines passing over the cylinder 183 are address/ed by the/magnets on the cylinder 182 and are delivered through the. guide 185 and to theconveyer 186; while the magazines r l passing over the Cylldl' 182 are addressed by the magnets on the cylinder 183 and are delivered through the guide 1ST to the conveyer 18S.

1t will be thus seen that our invention is not confined to one specific form of ma chine` but has very wide application and may be combined in a great many ways with other mechanisms to place an address upon various sizes. shapes, and qualities of addressable matter, and in various stages of the production of said matter. vlv'e therefore do not wish to be limited to the precise form and arrangement of parts herein shown, but desire to claim and hold as ours, all the patentable subject mattei' covered by the following claims.

We claiml. In an addressing machine, an impression cylinder, a shaft parallel thereto, a magnet cylinder on said shaft, means for feeding matter to be addressed between the cylinders, means for feeding address plates to and from the magnet cylinder, and means for varying the position of the address on the matter printed.

2. In an addressing machine, an impression cylinder, a shaft parallel thereto, a magnet cylinder on said shaft, means for feeding matter to be addressed between the cylinders, means for feeding address plates to and from the magnet cylinder, and means for adjusting the magnet cylinder along its shaft whereby the position of the address is varied on the matter being printed.

3. In an addressing machine, an impression cylinder, a Ishaft parallel thereto, a magnet cylinder on said shaft, a pair of guides partly surrounding said impression cylinder, means for adjusting said magnet cylinder along its shaft, and means for adjusting said guides in the same direction.

l. In an addressing machine, an impression cylinder, a magnet cylinder, magnets each provided with a coacting projection to engage the address plates thereon, a supply of magnetic address plates and means for successively energizing said magnets during a part revolution of the magnet cylinder, and for denergizing same during the remainder of the revolution.

In an addressing machine, an impression cylinder, a magnet cylinder, a series of magnets thereon, an inclined pile of address plates having its lower end in contact with the magnet cylinder, a device for each magnet mounted on said cylinder projecting beyond the circumference on the magnet cylinder to engage an address plate, and means for causing said projecting device to disappear within said circumference for a portion of a revolution of said magnet cylinder.

In an addressing machine, an impression cylinder, a magnet cylinder, a magnet thereon, a pile of address plates having one end in co'ntact with the magnet cylinder, a

pivoted starting finger for stripping said plates ofl' the pile. a cam roller, a connection between said roller and said linger, and a stationary cam around which said roller opcrates.

T. In an addressing machine. an impression cylinder, a shaft parallel thereto, a magnet cylinder mounted on said shaft and adjustable lengthwise thereof, a magnet on said magnet cylinder, a starting finger on said magnet cylinder arranged to project beyond the circumference thereof or to -lisappear within the same, a stationary cam for operating said starting finger, :i support for said cam parallel to said shaft, and means for adjusting said cam along said support. y

S. In an addressing machine, an impression cylinder, means for passing mattei' to be addressed over said cylinder in a fixed relation thereto, a magnet cylinder parallel to said impression cylinder and close thereto, a supply of address plates, magnets on said magnet cylinder for carrying said address plates to malte contact with the matter to be addressed, starting fingers on said magnet' cylinder one for each magnet, a stationary cam for operating said starting fingers, means for adjusting said magnet cylinder laterally so as to vary the "position of the address on the matter being addressed, and

'means for adjusting said cam to keep it in fixed relation to said magnet cylinder.

9. In an addressing machine, an impression cylinder, a magnet cylinder, a. magnet 106 mounted thereon, means for feeding address plates successively to said magnet cylinder includin an inclined chute whereby they are carried by the magnet past the impression cylinder, means for feeding lmatter to be addressed over the impression cylinder in timed relation to the travel of the address plates, and a stationary stripping device for removing said address plates from the magnet cylinder after the address has been 110 printed.

10. In an addressing machine, an impression cylinder, a magnet cylinder parallel theretmmeans for passing papers between the impression cylinder and the magnet cylinder, a supply of address plates, a main magnet on said magnet cylinder for holding an address plate thereto, a marker normally below the surface of the magnet cylinder and extensible beyond said surface, and a 12o supplementary magnet on the magnet cylinder for operating the marker.

1l. In an addressing machine, an impression cylinder, a magnet cylinder, means for passing matter to be addressed between said cylinders, a supply of address plates Comprising two species of plates, the normal plates being provided with a recess, and the abnormal plates being without a recess a magnet on the magnet cylinder for successively engaging and holding the plates, a marking device, a supplementary magnet for operating said markingl device, and a contact pin for closing the ,circuit to said supplementary magnet, said pin being artimed relation to saidaddress plate feeding.

ranged to enter the recess in the normal address plates without making contact, and to make contact with the bottom 'of the abnormal plates. y

12.' In an addressing machine, an impression cylinder, a magnet cylinder provided with co-acting abutinents, one for each magnet, means for passing matter to be ac!-` dressed between said cylinders, a supply of address plates comprising two species both of the same length, magnets on the magnet cylinder for engaging said address plates and carrying them past the printing point, a supplementaryy magnet and a marking device operated thereby, means whereby said marking device is unaffected by one of said species of plates, and is caused to operate by the other of said speciesof plates.

13. In an addressing machine, an imprese sion cylinder, a metal magnet cylinder,

means for feeding matter to lbe addressed between said cylinders, two species' of addressY plates one'of said species having a recess, and the other being without a recess, a commutator ring carried by said magnet cylinder and insulated therefrom, 'a source of electric current, one side of the line being connected to said commutator ring by a brush, and theother vbeing grounded on thel frame of the machine, a marking device, a magnet for operating' the same, a contact pin, said magnet being in the circuit be-ff tween said pin'and said commutator, an insulating support for said contact pin' which allows the same toproject beyond the cir'- cumference of the magnet cylinder, means carried by said magnet cylinder for successively engagingand holding said address platesin such a manner that the recess in' recessed plates will surround the'projecting end of the contact pin without touching the same and that a non-recessediplate will .es-- tablish a circuit between the end ofthe contact pin and the grounded surface'of the magnet cylinder. p e

14. In an addressing machine, an inclined chute arranged to hold parcels ofmatter to be addressed, an impression cylinder, a sup#` ply of address plates and means for feeding the same successively past the impression cylinder, gripping rollers co-acting with said impression cylinder, and a feeder forfeedingjthe parcels to be addressed to said Y impression cylinder and gripping rollers in l5. In -an address-ing machine,- a chute ar- -ranged to hold a pile of magazines on edge therein, an impression cylinder in contact with one end of said pile of magazines,

and means for feeding them past the impression cylinder,

lnet andl delivering them gripping rollers co-acting with said impression cylinder, a supply of address plates successively anda feeder for lifting the magazines into position to be engaged by the impression cylinder and the gripping rollers.

16. In an addressing machine, a chute containing a pile of magazines, an impression cylinder rotating in contact with the magazine at the end of the pile, a supply of address plates andvmeans for feeding them successively past said impression cylinder, and a feeder for feeding the end magazine off the pile to the impression cylinder.

17. In apparatus 'fory printing," a main rotary magnet, a supply of magnetic address plates'arranged to be engaged by said magnet and carried past a printing point, means for feeding saidplates successively to said magnet, and a supplementary rotaryk magnet geared to said main magnet and arranged to pick lsaid address plates successively 0E said main magnet and to release them at a desired point.

18. Iniapparatus for printing,

a supply of magnetic printing plates,

and meansy for ycarrying said plates'through a tortuous" path, comprising a plurality of rotary magnets vrotatimg; in close proximity and geared together so that the magnetic plate is picked off one magnet by another magnet.

19. In an addressing machine, asupply of Lmagnetic'address plates each'having a type facek and a back adapted to be engaged by the, poles of a magnet, a main ro# tating cylinder, a holder arranged to feed said plates by gravity against said main. rotating cylinder, magnets carried byksaid cylinder arranged to grip the back of a plate and carry the plate-past a printing point,

a. supplementary rotating cylinder, magnets j carried thereby, said supplementary and said main cylinders being so geared together that their magnets pass a transfer point at the same time, means for cutting of the magnetism. of the main` magnets Just prior to reaching.' said point, whereby the print"- iirg plates are attracted and held by the supplementary magnet, `the poles of said magnet engaging the printing face of said plates; a receiving guide beyond said transfer point, and means. for strippingV said address plates from said supplementaryvmagto said receivin guide with their backs forward so that they enter the receiving guide in the .same order asthey left the holder.

20. Inv an addressing machine, an imprese sion cylinder,2 a main magnet -cylinder, means for feedingy magnetic address plates to said main magnet cylinder, a supplemeiitary magnet cylinder geared to said kmain magnet cylinder, and a curved guard surrounding a portion of thecircumference izo l of said su i )lenientary ma net c linder sald guard having a wedge shaped end in con tart with said main magnet cylinder for stripping the address plates therefrom.

2l. In an addressing machine, an impression cvlinder.` a magnet cylinder, a supply of magnetic address plates stored in portable galleys, an inclined feeding holder for said address plates having one end closely adjacent to said magnet cylinder and having a capacity considerably in excess of one of said storage galleys, a receiving guide having an inclined portion arranged to receive said address plates after they leave the magnet cylinder, the inclined portion of said guide having a capacity considerably more than a galley full of address plates, a curve in said guide for obtaining horizontal delivery, and an empty galley in line with the lower end of said guide to collect the address plates for storage said empty galley being horizontal.

22. In an addressing machine, an impres- :ideama sion cylinder, a magnet cylinder, a series of magnets thereon, an inclined pile of address plates having its lower end close to the magnet cylinder, and a device for each magnet mounted on said magnet cylinder and projecting beyond the surface thereof for start ing the address plates olf the pile.

In apparatus for printing, a main rotary magnet, a supply of magnetic address plates arranged to be engaged by said magnet and carried past a printing point, means for feeding said plates successively to said magnet, and a supplementary rotary device geared to said main magnet and arranged to pick said address plates successively ofi' said main `magnet and to release them at a desired point.

WILLIAM G. SLAUSON. WALTER W. MACFARREN.

Witnesses CHAS. LOXTERMAN, ROSE NEVIN. 

